Spread of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: Asian network for surveillance of resistant pathogens (ANSORP) study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1206-2011

  Song, Jae Hoon ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}   Lee, Nam Yong ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Yoshida, Ryoji ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Hirakata, Yoichi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Fu, Wang ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Chongthaleong, Anan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Aswapokee, Nalinee ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Lalitha, M K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Thomas, Kurien ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Perera, Jennifer ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Yee, Ti Teow ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Jamal, Farida ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Warsa, Usman Chatib ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Vinh, Bui Xuan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Jacobs, Michael R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Appelbaum, Peter C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Pai, Chik Hyun ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^h UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^j Nhi Dong 2 Children's Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032979046     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514783     Document Type: Article

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